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This weekend, Nick Chubb returns to Columbia ... where it all began

ATHENS, Ga. -- Nick Chubb admits that he was a little on edge when he got the call in 2014.

The 5-foot-10, 200-plus-pound bowling ball running back actually caught a case of the jitters when he found out he'd be starting in place of suspended star Todd Gurley.

“I heard about Todd on Wednesday or Thursday," Chubb recalled. "I was a little bit nervous because Todd was such a leader on and off the field.